OUR PRIDE
Evening SOCIAL
DATE: Friday, 18th July
START TIME: 6:00 PM
END TIME: 12:00 AM
All perfomance times are approx and may run behind schedule.
Trigger warning for loud noises, course language, flashing lights and topics such as racism, transphobia and homophobia.
LOCATION: The Old Coal Yard
COST: FREE
ACCESS: Wheelchair accessible with an access toilet. Please contact the venue for specific details.
6PM - 7:30 PM - Community Banner and badge making with Lily Daniels
Lily Daniels is a participatory artist from Sunderland. Her practice focuses on natural materials and historic crafts. Public and private memories are at the core of what she's interested in- both telling and recording them.
Join Lily to make your own banners for the pride march. Make and take home handmade badges to wear at pride or beyond.
8 PM - Melanie Baker
Indie-folk artist Melanie Baker, hailing from the Lake District, isn’t afraid to wear her heart on her sleeve. Her direct and honest lyricism capture themes such as mental health, queer identity, self-reflection and the anxieties of modern life.
Her captivating live set has been refined over years of performing and since playing her first solo gigs as a teenager, she has gone onto support the likes of dodie, Tessa Violet, Maisie Peters and Will Varley.
Her two self-released EPs "Dreamer" (2018) and "Broken" (2020) have organically amassed over a million streams on Spotify alone and received radio play from BBC Introducing, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 1.
Reflecting on her songwriting process, Melanie says "I write about what I know and how I feel, if other people can relate to that then sharing those songs feels like an integral part of the process." At just 23 years old, Melanie’s fearless vulnerability allows her music to cut to the chase of raw and relatable human experiences.
8:45 PM - Degna stone
Degna Stone (They/Them) is a poet and poetry editor based in north east England. They are a co-founder and former managing editor of Butcher’s Dog and a contributing editor at The Rialto. They received a major Northern Writers Award for poetry in 2015 and hold an MA in Creative Writing from Newcastle University. Their debut full-length poetry collection Proof of Life on Earth is published by Nine Arches Press. They are also a PhD candidate at Northumbria University, examining the visibility and creative expression of African, Asian and Caribbean diaspora artists in the north of England.
9:15 PM - Ray Aggs
Ray Aggs is a musician based in Glasgow. Primarily known for their distinctive guitar work, influenced by both West African highlife and post-punk, they also sing and play the violin.
They have been playing with the band Trash Kit since 2009, formed with Rachel Horwood and Ros Murray (later replaced by Gill Partington), releasing three albums on the Upset! The Rhythm Indie-label, a self-titled record in 2010, Confidence, in 2014 and Horizon in 2019.
They have written several zines, including I Trust My Guitar and DIY Guitar for beginners.[8][9] Aggs has often been featured in the Shotgun Seamstress zine,[10] a book of when re-released, had Aggs involved in a discussion panel of Black zinesters at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington D.C. in 2022
It is rare to see them in Newcastle, so don't miss your chance!
10:15 PM - 12 AM - ivorything (DJ Set)
Ivan, aka @ivorything, was born in Mexico and moved to the North East in 2015 after living in the USA, Argentina, and Canada.
A lover of all kinds of music from classical to makina, although, mostly prefers listening to Brazilian Bossa Nova and Italian Ballads at home.
A regular at Bend&Shake, ivory plays a varied mix of dancefloor fillers and smooth grooves.
The Old Coal Yard, Elizabeth St, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1JS